aaamusic | On 07, Nov 2010

If, like me, you derive pleasure from irritating everyone in earshot with your disdain for most ‘modern pop music’, in the process sounding like a 58 year old woman with a mortgage (and for the record, I stick by my theory that Katy Perry’s latest two singles are in fact the same song, and we’re all just too polite to say anything), ranting about the likely non-existent era in which mainstream music actually had something going for it, then Shoot First is for you. A throwback to that aforementioned golden age, The Jim Jones Revue’s latest effort is an Eddie Cochran inspired (though thankfully fresh) take on classic rock n roll – it’s suitably short and punchy, and though it’s clear the band knows exactly what sound they’re channelling, never once does it feel like they’re trying too hard to get it right.

Author: Katharine Sparks